According to TechFlow, on February 26, Bitcoin News reported that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of India is conducting a large-scale investigation into the GainBitcoin cryptocurrency scam, raiding over 60 locations across India. The case involves approximately $75.80 million.
GainBitcoin was a Ponzi scheme initiated in 2015 by Amit Bhardwaj (deceased) and his brother Ajay Bhardwaj, promising investors a monthly return of 10% in Bitcoin through "cloud mining" contracts for a period of 18 months. After starting to collapse in 2017, the payment method was switched from Bitcoin to a lower-value internal token, MCAP.